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VOL. XXI, NO. 49
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, May 8, 1947
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47 Seniors To Graduate From Sylva High School
May Term Of Jackson Superior
Court Opens Monday, May 18;
O'Dear And Messer Will"
Go On Trial For Slaying
Mr. And Mrs. Jack Hall
The May term of Jackson Coun
ty Superior court will convene
Monday morning, May 19 with
Judge W. H. Bobbit, of Charlotte,
presiding, and Hon. Dan K. Moore,
of Sylva,' representing the State.
The murder charge against' Earl
O'Dear and Robert Messer for the
hammer slaying of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hall on Sunday night, April
20th, will be triei1 at this term.
O'Dear and Messer ..were arv. *ed
by county and state officers on
Wednesday the 23 and lodged in
jail at Sylva and Bryson City.
Messer was held in the Sylva jail
and after questioning by the offi
cers admitted his part in the crime
late Thursday evening. O'Dear
made his confession in the Bryson
City jail late the same night. They
told of hiring Mr. Hall, local taxi
operator, to take them from the bus
station in Sylva to Lonnie O'Dear's
home and how-they struck Mr. and
Mrs. H&ll on the hpad with large
machine hammers about one fourth
iriile from the O'Dear home on the
old Dillsboro and Sylva road. Also
told the officers where they threw
the hammers in Scotts Creek,
which were later recovered and
are being held as evidence. They
then told of their trip to Knoxville
by Asheville and return to Sylva
the following evening., ,
This trial will probably attract
more attention and a bigger crowd
then any ever held in the county,
^oth men are being in jail
outside" of Jackson county.
Only a few other minor cases are
on the criminal docket for trial at
this time. .
Mexican President
Given Warm Welcome
On Washington Visit
Washingtoi^ laid out its biggest
welcome mat this -week for Presi
dent Miguel Aleman of Mexico as
the young 43-year old chief execu
tive of our Southern neighbor ar
rived for a three day visit with
President Truman as the chief host.
Aleman arrived Wednesday at
4 p* m. aboard President Truman's
private plane on his good will visit
primarily, but some officials said
it may result in a loan to Mexico
to aid her in postwar industriali
zation. President Truman was a
guest of 'the Mexican president a
few weeks ago.
Barker Announces
For Governor
DURHAM, May 4?Oscar G.
Barker, representative from Dur
ham county in the last five sessions
of the General Assembly, today
formally announced as a candidate
for Governor of North Carolina
subject to the Democratic primary
in 1948.
Barker led a successful fight in
i947 Assembly for higher salaries
for public school teachers and
State employes. He is widely
known throughout the State for
his interest in public education.
cated in his formal announcement
emphasized this interest and his
further insistence upon the ex
pansion of the State's Medical Care
program.
A life-time resident of Durham
county, Barker is a graduate of the
Duke Law School, and is an active
Baptist layman. He is a Masonr
and a Shriner. *
Fred McLain
Leaves For Okinawa
Fred McLain, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. N. McLain left Monday for
Oak Ridge to spend a couple of
days with his sister, Mrs. R. L.
Cantrell, and brothers, George and
Jimmy McLain. He went to Knox
ville Wednesday, from where he
will go by plane to San Francisco.
He will go from there by boat to
Okinawa, where he will be em
ployed by the Jones Construction
Co.
GOING TO GERMANY
Mrs. Viola Deitz, above, will go
to Fort Hamilton, N. Y. May 12, to
receive final clearance for her trip
to Germany where she will join
her husband, 1st Sgt. Thad B.
Deitz, who is stationed at Deggen
dorf, Germany withr American oc
cupation forces.
SYUfA BAND WILL
PARADE AND GIVE
CDNGERT FRIDAY
The Sylva High school band will
make its first public appearance
in parade Friday, iflgy 9th at 2
o'clock. From the school house they^
will follow Main street to Hooper
Motor Company, returning from
there to Massie Furniture Store
where they will stop for a short
concert. They will Ihen return to
the school house and at 2:30 will
give a program at the county-wide
teachers meeting which meets at
the school at this time.
The band is under the direction
of Mr. Sammy Beck of Western
Carolina Teachers College.
during the parade traffic will
be diverted from Main street to
Mill street.
SOCIAL SECURITY
FOR VETERANS
"How will the changes in the So
cial Security Act which were made
during the last session of Congress
benefit veterans?"
The amended Social Security Act
now provides Old-Age and Sur
vivors Insurance benefits for sur
vivors of certain veterans of World
War II. Changes in the law make
it possible for a veteran's depend
ents t under conditions which are
specified in the law) to claim Old
Age and Survivors In^irance bene
fits in case he should die?or has
died?within a limited period after
his discharge from mlitary servce.
Osbornes And Guests
Make Extended Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Osborne,
Jr., of Cullowhee, had as their
guests Wednesday night, Mr. Os
borne's parents, Rev. and Mrs. M.
R. Osborne, Sr., of Orangeburg,
^C7?KCrZBlDin.,,H6tt Hehry XT
Osborne ,of Spartanburg. The par
ty left Cullowhee today for Louis
ville, Ky. where they will attend
the graduation of Rev. Millard H.
Osborne, son and brother of the
Osbornes, who will graduate from
Southern Baptist Seminary on May
2. They will then go from Louis
ville to St. Louis, Mo. to attend the
1947 session of the Southern Bap
tist convention. ' ~~
Wesleyan Methodist
Church To Have Revival
Beginning Sunday May 4 and
lasting through Sunday, May 18
The Wesleyan Methodist church of
Tuckaseigee will have a series of
revival services. Evangelist Rev.
E. L. Gunby, of Easley, S. C. will
conduct the services each evening
at 7:45 o'clock. The public is cor
dially invited to attend. The pas
tor of the church is Rev. Everett
M. Turner.
47 SENIORS WILL
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
TUESDAY. MAY 13
This Is First 12th Grade
Class To Graduate Since
The Extra Grade Added
Forty-seven seniors will receive
diplomas next Tuesday night in the
finals of the first 12th grade gradu
ation program of the Sylva high
school.
Those to reoeive diplomas are
as follows:
Charmie Ruth "Garrett, Viola
Margie Brooks, Rebecca Ann Wil
son, Thelma Joy Poteet, Barbara
Jo Cooke, Victoria Oleta Howell,
Nancy. Ann Owens, Rachel Anna
Laura Sutton, Nora Lee Shields,
Ila Mae Buchanan, Pearle Ashe,
Billy Alien Sutton, Thomas Reavis'
Lyons, Philip A. Jones, James A.
Gray, Jr., O. H. Martin, Jack W.
Cope, Vernon J. Jamison, Paul V.
Mathis, James R. Arrington, Wen
dell Guy House, Charles F. War
ren, Mildred Mae Cable, Jessie
Snyder, Mary Sue Revis, Inez Mon
te! tvh, Ruth Hyatt, Doris Christine
Casada,, Naida Marion Seaman,
Ercie Jean Foxx, Hilda Louise
Hoyle, Mabel Evelyn Crawford,
Arbara Sue Ensley, Edith Jose
phine Sims, Geneva Louise Shultz,
Stella Mae Revis, Lela Jean Phil
lips, Jack B* Ensley, Annie Belle
Cole, Mary Bess Henry, Mack
Crawford, Barbara Anette Bess,
Alec Southard, Jr., James Kent
Coward, Hal Wilson, Douglas Jor
don, and Jim Ryan.
Savannah Students Will
Give Operetta Tuesday
An. operetta, "Goldilocks' Ad
venture" will be presented at the
j Savannah consolidated school
Tuesday 'evening, May at 8
I o'clock in the school auditorium.
Fifty-two children, chosen from
the first through the seventh gratles
will participate in the program.
Principal characters of the oper
etta are: Goldilocks, Bobby Sutton;
Pan, Billy Sutton; Ma Bear, Doro
thy Deitz; Pa Bear, Alvin Conner;
Baby Bear, Lee Erwin Bishop.
Several Hundred Acres
Of Forest Lands Burned
A fire on Big Ridge burned over
200 acres of iQ?est~~land Monday
and Tuesday before it was brought
under control by county fire
warden, fire crews, and local citi
zens.
Two fires in the Canada area
burned over 100 acres pf forest the
first of thfe week. Fifty acres, were
burned over near Beta the first
of the week. These , were extin
guished by the fire warden and
local citizens.
Miss Houston Graduates
At Ft. Sanders Hospital
Cadet. Nurse Nettie Houston, a
member of the graduating class of
Fort Sanders hospital, the exer
cises of which were held Thursday
evening at the First Baptist church,
Knoxville, Term.
Miss Houston is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Houston of
Tuckaseegee. Among those going
over for.the graduating exercises
were Mr. and Mrs. Houston, Mrs.
Randill Addis, Mr. and Mrs.
George Stephens ,Mrs. Ruby Wil
son and her three children.
Sylva Women Visit
Sister On birthday
Mrs. Carl Buchanan, Mrs. Belle
Buchanan, and Mrs. Ellen Bryson
went to Asheville last Thursday to
be with Mrs. Ed Divelbis, a sister
of the last two named, on her birth
day. The three sisters had dinner
with another sister, Mrs. R. P.
Potts, at her home in West. Ashe
ville. They returned to Sylva
Thursday evening.
Visit In Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Moses and two
daughters, Kitty Ray and Sherlie,
of Erastus, and their son, Charles
Moses of the Merchant Marine, and
Mr. Del Stewart, brother of Mrs.
Moses, have returned to their home
after visiting relatives in Norfolk
and Portsmouth, Va. They were
accompanied by Miss Eloise Black
burn of Norton who visited +*er
aunt, Mrs. Harold Cook and family
in Portsmouth.
SYLVA HIGH HONOR^TUDENTS
Miss Mary Bess Henry, above left, is valedictorian of the graduat
ing class of the Sylva high school, having *ompieted 4icr high school
work with an average grade of 94.07. Miss Henry is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Henry of Sylva and Bryson City. Miss Pearl
Ashe, right, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ashe, is saliltatorian of the
class,, having attained an average grade of 91.69 for her high school
work, the two young seniors will deliver their addresses at tne gradu
ation exercises Tuesday night.
SPECIAL MATINEE
WILL BE HELD AT
RITZ ON MONDAY
Next Monday afternono at 2:15
o'clock the Ritz Theatre will have
a matinee showing of the picture,
"Song of the South." This is done
because the management realizes*
that nearly everyone wishes to see
this .show and the dates conflict
with the commencement exercises
on both Monday and Tuesday eve
ning. The matinee will give a num
ber a chance to see it in the after
noon and still attend the gradua
tion exercises. It is hoped that
i many will take advantage of the
matinee and thereby relieve the
congestion of the crowd at the eve
ning hours.
S- S. Convention-Will
Meet Sunday At Locust
Field Baptist Church
The Tuckaseegee* Baptist Sun
day School Convention is scfceluled
to meet Sunday afternoon, Ma^ 1^
with the Locdst Field Baptist
church. The program will start
promptly at 3 o'clock. This is 30
minutes later than usual due to so
many Mother's Day programs in
the various churches. The program
will be shorter than usual.
Hon. Hugh Monteith will be the
principal' speaker, using for his
subject, "Youth Delinquency."
All schools in the association are
urged to be represented for this
important meeting
Mrs. J. W. Buchanan
Observes 85th Birthday
Mrs. J. W. Buchanan celebrated
her 85th birthday on Monday,
April 28, at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. John Leatherwood, at
Dillsboro. No special affair had
been planned but many friends and
relatives called during the day. She
received a number of lovely gifts
and also many who could not call
remembered her with cards of
greeting.
Mrs. Buchanan has recently been
quite ill and her friends will be
glad to know that she is much im
proved.
Higdon Cautions Farmers On
Over Planting Leaf Acreage
D. C. Higdon, chairman, Jack
son County Agricultural Conser
vation Association Committee, to
day cautioned all tobacco growers
in Jackson County against over
planting their farm acreage allot
ments this year.
"Growers who harvest any acre
age of .tobacco in 1947 in excess
of their farm acreage allotments
are subject to marketing quota
penalties and will not be eligible
for full participation in Govern
ment price support loans," Mr.
Higdon added.
In connection with price support
loans, Mr. Higdon emphasized that
any acreage harvested in excess of
the farm acreage allotment will
make all the tobacco produced
NEWLY ELECTED CITY
OFFICIALS WILL TAKE
OFFICE FRIDAY P. M.
In the municipal election held
Tuesday Jack C.,Allison was elect- |
ed mayor, receiving 97 votes.!
Board members elected were: R. R. j
Nicholson, Jr., 97; Edward H. Bald-#
ridge, 96; Lloyd W. Cowan, 97; Dr.
Harold S. McGuire, 95; and Joseph
F. Wilson, 97.
These men were all winners in
the April 19 Democratic primary
and had no opposition in the gen
enal election Tuesday. They will
take the oath and be inducted into
office Friday evening, May 9, at
5 .o'clock.
Cullowhee Seniors To
Present Three-Act Farce
A three-act 7arce~ 77One Mad
Night," will be presented by the
senior class of Cullowhee High
school, Friday evening. May 16,
at 8 o'clock in Hoey auditorium
The comical "insane^ cr..\i ucier:;,
together with the careles.* handling
of the make-believe atomic bomb, I
will give you a futl ever..ng ol
and laughter.
Characters playing are: Mrs.
Kluttz, Marietta Millsap :* Don
Cutter, Loyall Bryfo.:; Lucile
Marcy, Doris Ensley; Mrs. Finch,
Edna Earle Sutton; Gertrude Finch,
Lowaine Mashburn; Depression (a
negro maid), Betty Wood; Wing
(Chinese valet) Jesse Flake; Mr.
Hyde, Olin Jackson; Mr. Burke,
Clifton Taylor; Priscilla, Elizabeth
Chester; John Alden, Furman
Hooper; Lady Macbeth, Jessie Ray
Bryson; Danny Siletto, Dennis
Norton; Dr. Bunri, 3. R. Dills.
Mrs. C. D. Killian is class spon
sor.
Mrs. Hugh P. Smith
Will Have Recital
Mrs. HuglL Preston Smith will
present her music pupils in their
annual spring recital on Tuesday
morning, May 13, at 11:40 o'clock
in the Hoey auditorium of Western
Carolina Teachers College. Sixteen
pupils will present a varied pro
gram of musical selections.
The public is invited to attend
the recital.
within the allotted acreage on the
farm ineligible for any price sup
port loans. "This year there will
be no acreage tolerances in estab
lishing loan eligibility, as contrast
ed with the 1946 tolerance of the
lesser of three-tenths acre or 5
per cent of the allotment. Any
acreages harvested in excess of
farm allotments, however, small,
will disqualify growers for full
loan privileges and subject them
to marketing quota penalties."
Mc. Higdon also stressed that
eligibility for Government pitice
support loans on tobacco is becof*^
ing increasingly important to to
bacco growers now that domestic
supplies of tobacco are adequate
and the future level of exports un
cor tain. ??
Annual Commencement Starts
Sunday With Baccalaurate
Sermon At 2:30 O'clock
GLENVILLE HIGH
COMMENCEMENT TO
BE MAY 16 AND 17
Graduation exorcises for Glen-'
ville High school will be held Fri
day evening. May 16, in the school
auditorium, the speaker of the
evening being Rev. W. Q. Grigg.
Valedictorian, Padgett McCoy, and
salutatorian, J. T. Reid, will give
their commencement addresses
Presentation of diplomas will
also be made at this time to the fol
lowing members of the graduating
class: Alice Rogers, Cornelia Breed
love, Louise Weaver, Ailean Bry
son, Mildred Merrill, Padget Mc
Coy, J. T. Reid, Tom Bryson, Ken
neth Fowler, Harold Bryson,
Thomas William Hunter, and Wil
lard Monteith.
The baccalaureate sermon and
program will be Sunday, May 18,
at 2:30 p. m. with Rev. C. M. War
ren speaking.
Mr. Kenneth Terrell is class
sponsor.
Food Handlers To
Meet In Waynesville
May 13 Through 16
The District Health department
will sponsor a lood-handlers school
to be held at the Armory in
Waynesville May 13 through 16.
The first three days are for every
one connected with food handling
in any manner. Friday, May 16,
has been set aside for operators
only.
Identical classes are V \ be held
twice each day lor th?? benefit of
operators and employees, to enable
entire staffs to divide their duties
sn that all may attend.
Managers, operators and em
ployees of restaurants, hotels and
dining rooms ,lunch rooms, school
lunch rooms, meat markets and all
ilther places serving food in any
form are invited and urged to at
tend the school.
Henry Brothers Return
To Western N. Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Henry and
two daughters, Lynda and Sharon,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry
and three children arrived Satur
day from Detroit, Mich, and will
make their home in Western North
Carolina. The two brothers have
been in Michigan for 18 years.
They are opening a tourist court
on Soco Road near Waynesville.
Fred Henry and family will re
side in Sylvn and Frank Henry
and family w... Uve at their new
place of business.
The Henrys have been visiting
their sisters, Mrs. Ray Cogdill and
Mrs. George Painter for a few
Says.
Mother's Day Program
To Be Held At
Lovedale Church
Mother's Day will be observed
with.an all-day program at Love
dale Baptist church Sunday, May
11.
Sunday school will begin at 9:45
a. m, to bo followed by Um regular
worship service by the pastor, Rev.
F. P. Blankenship.
Miss Daisy Smith of Cullowhee
will be the principal speaker of
the afternoon service.
Lunch will be served at noon
picnic style. All attending are
asked to bring a basket of lunch.
Scott's Creek Church To
Have Special Service
On Mother's Day, Sunday, May
11, the Scott's Creek Baptist
church will have a special pro
gram honoring both the mothers
and the babies of the church.
?Special music will be rendered
by the choir and fitting recogni
tion will b^ given to the mothers
and babies.
In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
B. S. Hensley, the message will be
delivered by Rev. T. F. Deitz.
The church feasjfet a coal of 325
for Sunday School next Sunday
morning.
Students To Give Class
Day Program Monday At
8 P. M. In Auditorium
The annual commencement pro
gram of Sylva high school will be
gin Sunday, May 11, at which time
the Baccalaureate sermon will be
preached at 2:30 p. m. in the ele
mentary auditorium by Rev. L. R.
Akers, pastor of the Methodist
church of Bryson City.
The program Sunday will in
clude processional; invocation by
A. C. Reynolds; vocal duet, Jen
neane Bryson and Betty Jean Pax
ton; anthem, "Praise ?Ye the Fath
er," Glee Club; recessional.
Class night exercises Will be held
Monday evening, May 12 o at 8
o'clock ih the elementary auditori
um with the following program
in which all members of the Senior
class will participate: Class proph
esy (dramatization); Class history,
Naida Seaman; Class will, Hal Wil
son; Class gift to the school, Kent
Coward, class president; Giftorian,
Barbara Bess; Class poem, "High
Sfhool- Memories," Guy House.
Special numbers by the Glee
club will include, "Come to the
Fair,'' "Trees," "By the Bend of the
River," and "Blue Danube."
Jean Moses,'Mary Cole Stillwell,
and Eddie Lou Terrell will present
piano solos.
Graduation exercises will be held
Tuesday night, May 13 at 8 o'clock
in the school , auditorium. Miss
Mary Bess' Henry, as valedictorian
and Miss "Pearle Ashe, as saluta
torian of the class will deliver their
addresses. Complete arrangement*
for the principal ^peake; ?*
evening have not been made. Spe
cial music will be furnished by the
g,lee club.
Presentation of diplomas will be
made by Superintendent A. C.
Moses, Other awards for the year
'"will be made at this time.
Marshals for the commencement
program, chosen from the Junior
class on the basis of scholastic rat
ing are: Chief, Betty Ann Queen;
Qharles Stillwell, Jimmy Bales, and
Marshaline Gibson.
,8th Graders to Have Outing
In celebration of completing the
work of Elementary school the 93
members of the 8th grade of Sylva
elementary school will go to Chero
kee picnic ground today (Thurs-V
day lor an all-day outing and pic
nic lunch. The students will be
accompanied by their . teachers,
Mrs. Juanita Davis, Mrs. Mae Fort
ner, and Mr. John Crawford.
Upon their return to the school
their certificates pf promotion will
be presented to them in their class
rooms by their respective teachers.
HODGES NAMED ON
W. C. T. C. BOARD
Brandon P. Hodges, of Ashevilie, ^
will succeed D. Hiden Ramsey,
general manager of the Citizen
Times, as a member of the board
of trustees of the Western Carolina
Teachers College at Cullowhee.
The announcement was made
Monday in Raleigh by Governor
Cherry after accepting Mr. Ram*
sey's resignation at. a conference
with the Governor last week.
Mother Of Sylva Man
Passes Io Walhalla
i Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Corbin were
I called to Walhalla, S. C. last Friday
by the death of his mother, Mr*
Cobb, who had been sick for some
time.
Funeral services were held Sun
iday afternoon at the'First Baptist
church in Walhalla at 3 o'clock.
Going down from Sylva for the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Brown, Misses Mary Henson and
Hattie Hilda Sutton, Edwin Alli
son, George Painter, and Willie
Painter.*
Eastern Star'To Have
Meeting At Dillsboro
There will be a regular meeting
of Oce Chapter No. 139 Order of
the Eastern Star Wednesday eve
ning, May 14 at 8 o'clock in the
Masonic hall at Dillsboro. All
members are urged to be present.